Where are we on the expected win curve?

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I assume the decline in war was due to the generally better offensive numbers league wise?

Because markakis came pretty close to replicating his career numbers this year and had a better season than last IMO, particularly when you consider how good he was in not may.

Whether you go by OPS, wOBA or wRC+ his offensive numbers we down slightly relative to last year. The increase in power was not enough to offset a couple things that went against him this year. One was a decline in BABIP to .300 from .338 in 2015. Given that he had a higher line drive rate this year, that looks like mostly bad luck (or good luck in 2015). The other thing that went against him was an increase in his strikeout rate to 14.8% from 12.1%. Like Freeman, I think he made a decision to try to hit for more power which cost him a bit in the strikeout department. The trade-off was not as favorable as it was for Freddie.